philosophy

This study addresses two questions: (1) what visions of nature do lay people subscribe to? (2) to what extent do these visions reflect those of professional philosophers?

In his paper, John O’Neill discusses Holland’s perception on happiness and the good life.

This paper argues that a worthwhile life is one in which the meaningful relationships existing in nature are recognised and respected.

Anne Chapman presents the world and the earth in the thought of Hannah Arendt.

In this paper, the author explains both the causes and solution to anti-environmental attitudes within the framework of Hegel’s master-slave dialectic.

Bronislaw Szerszynski explores some of the implications of attending to the performative aspects of language for the sociological understanding of issues of risk and trust among lay communities.

This paper discusses the economic and philosophical inadequacies that have characterized the Project Tiger scheme in India.

Using Darwin’s thoughts regarding conscience, Ben Dixon begins the project of grounding a revised account of human dignity in the human tendency to enshrine products of conscience within institutions.

In his article Robert Kirkman recommends that environmental philosophers consider the possibility of a Darwinian humanism, through which moral agents are understood as both free and causally intertwined with the natural world.

This issue aims to continue the discussion of how the continental tradition might advance or transform environmental thinking by considering different philosophers’ works.